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Global trade policy uncertainty is driving another record-breaking cargo year at the Port of Long Beach, CEO Noel Hacegaba tells The Intermodal Logistics Podcast. Despite shifting tariffs and constant market gyrations, 2026 TEU volumes remain ahead of last year's pace.
Get the full podcast to hear more on volumes, the port's Intermodal Innovation Award win, its sustainability efforts and its initiative to handle double the cargo volume by 2050 open.spotify.com/episode/41Y…
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Spot rates minus fuel rose in every equipment type this week. Dry van is at $2.23/mile, reefer at $2.71 and flatbed at $2.61, up 0.5% to 1.3% on the week (minus fuel). Month-end and the start of peak retail season added demand, but posted trucks are still 22% to 26% below last year, and that’s what’s keeping rates high. Flatbed is the tightest board by far, with 41.7 loads posted for every truck.
One more to watch: a possible strike by about 250 ILWU watchmen at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach was pushed to Wednesday, November 4. A walkout would hit just as retail season freight starts moving inland, on a market with little spare capacity.
Are your lanes covered if the ports stall into peak season?
Still recovering from a candy coma and the time change?
Start catching up with our latest podcast, with the Port of Long Beach CEO Noel Hacegaba hubs.li/Q04C-vmb0 and our new data-driven article, Evaluating Truckload Lanes for Intermodal Savings hubs.li/Q04C-vmc0
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The October intermodal report is out, and the volume showed up behind the reprice.
The InTek Intermodal Index averaged $1.23 a mile, its highest month since April 2024. Truckload on lanes over 750 miles rose with it to $2.07, and the spread widened to 84 cents. U.S. intermodal ran double digits year over year for three straight weeks, Cass shipments grew for a second month, and ACT now expects 2026 to be a record intermodal year.
Diesel came off the September record and still finished the month 70 percent above last year.
The constraint moved. J.B. Hunt and Schneider both said dray capacity, not rail, is what limits their growth, and I would agree. Schneider also announced it is moving its eastern rail business from CSX to Norfolk Southern effective January 1, with the UP-NS merger in the background.
The cycle model reads 66.5 percent, still Neutral and half a point below Strong, with direction Accelerating. The October 12 downturn check expired as expected, and a new truckload upturn signal now waits on intermodal for confirmation December 7. The word is caution.
Also in the report: the CSX systems outage, the BNSF washout in New Mexico, why intermodal is a program and not a spot product, and what shippers should be doing before the 2027 contract round.
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The port of the future is now. @portoflongbeach CEO Dr. Noel Hacegaba joins The Intermodal Logistics Podcast live from IANA EXPO to talk award-winning innovation, record cargo volumes and plans to double capacity by 2050. Get it now ⤵️ or wherever you get your podcasts!
